APR 5, excursion: Pinnacles National Park

 

'the Boot', a prominent formation seen from a distance 

view from the other side of 'the Boot'

approaching the cave

APR 4, excursions: around Monterey and Carmel

selfie at Monterey hotel with large palm tree

old theatre with whalebone decor

old whaling station, Monterey 

old codger with old wisteria vine, old Monterey

view of Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey

view from Fisherman's Wharf

view from Fisherman's Wharf

 

wall art, Cannery Row district, Monterey

Basilica at Carmel Mission

bird-of-paradise plant,
Carmel Mission

fantasy house, Carmel

APR 3, birdlore: turkey on the roof (Berkeley)

 

TURKEY ON THE ROOF -- Berkeley, California

TURKEY FLIGHT

SUNSET, SHORTLY THEREAFTER

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APR 2, excursions: SF Bay, local wildlife

western fence lizard,
Pinnacles National Park

coot, 
Lake Merritt, Oakland 

 

black-capped night heron,
Lake Merritt, Oakland

hybrid duck (male),
Aquatic Park, Berkeley

greater scaup (male), 
Lake Merritt, Oakland

Canada goose,
Point Lobos Natural Reserve

wild turkey,
North Berkeley

turban snails, etc., in tidepool,
Asilomar State Park

cormorant and pelican rookery,
Point Lobos Natural Reserve

harbor seals (mother and pup),
Point Lobos Natural Reserve

flight of the hybrid duck,
Aquatic Park, Berkeley

California gull,
Moss Landing

APR 1, organic brain poetry: cerebral metastases

 

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